15 Ways For Your Small Business To Go Green And Save Money

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In this day and age, there’s a plethora of ways to make your business more environmentally friendly. With so many incentives and small ways you can make a big change, it’s a no brainer for companies (large, small and solo) to jump on the bandwagon and do their part the best way they can.

Ideas that benefit the worldAnd if being a little more environmentally conscious isn’t enough to drive you to make a few changes, at the very least, think of the money you’ll save. By just implementing a handful of these small wins, you could potentially save thousands of dollars a year. It’s a win-win-win situation for you, your business and mother nature. Here are a few ways to get started:… Read more →

How To Treat Donors After A Big Contribution

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Fundraising strategies are the backbone of every nonprofit’s campaign. They are essential to the livelihood of the cause you’re promoting. What we don’t want to forget is that behind every contribution, there’s an actual person or group of people. It’s too easy to get caught up in the backend of your donation campaign, which means you lose sight of the people who help you hit your financial targets. Without donors, you wouldn’t be able to get very far at all.

Charity DonorSure, journals, mugs, and anything that’s monogrammed are nice takeaways for donors, but it’s more about the deeper connection and understanding of why the donor chose to support you and your cause. What drives them? Why did they choose your nonprofit? Keep the following in mind next time you get a serious payout from a donor:… Read more →

Take Your Prayer Group Online With Video Conferencing In 3 Easy Steps

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Religious communities are built on showing up to their place of worship. Sharing space is an age old tradition. Mosques, synagogues, and churches, all of these institutions invite members of the community to be social and worship. It’s within these four walls that people take time out of their schedules to come together to pray as a collective.

Prayer groupWhen a community prays together the power of their energy is profound. It sets up the space to feel uplifted and moved. The more people present, the more the community shares the benefits. With the trials and tribulations everyone experiences in life, prayer groups are more effective than ever, providing the community with an outlet of love and support in times of need, worry, trouble and doubt. That’s why video conferencing has been so beneficial for prayer circles, prayer lines, and any event that brings the community closer together and to their faith.… Read more →

Boost Your Business by Upgrading Your FreeConference Account

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FreeConference got its namesake by providing a great free plan with awesome quality, attracting a lot of customers to our platform. While the free plan works for many of our customers, our premium plan offers a much more robust set of features that can make FreeConference your ideal communication platform. We like the free plan as much as our customers, but there are times when free is not enough.

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The One Thing Coaches Need To Do To Get More Dream Clients

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CoachingEvery coach is looking for their dream client. The reason you most likely got into this business in the first place is to nurture and support your client’s vision while creating an online business that serves you and your lifestyle. Their success becomes your success!

So how do you build your dream client email list, create appealing content and build your coaching brand as an expert? This is how – using video conferencing that is reliable, affordable and convenient to start hosting online workshops that showcase your authentic self. This is an opportunity to put yourself forward, gain trust and create a strong presence online, to name a few. Need more proof? Coaches should host online workshops:… Read more →

How To Share Your Screen On A Mac or PC And Other Benefits

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First off, why would anyone want to share their screen? What’s the point? Plus, it sounds invasive, super high techy and rather complicated. For someone who isn’t familiar, these might be the initial thoughts when first hearing the words “screen sharing.” But in reality, the truth is that screen sharing is an integral part of business. It not only empowers presentations and how information is readily shared and actively received, it gives remote employees and team members the opportunity to collaborate on projects without a hitch.

Screen sharingBy leading a meeting on your computer using screen sharing, you can really drive home important pitches, metrics, or troubleshoot with ease. Your audience is able to be on the exact page you’re on (literally), able to see your exact cursor moves or which tab you opened on your computer or smartphone. When what you see is mirrored for your audience, it’s convenient for them to follow along. There are endless possibilities to use screen sharing to enhance anything from presentations, pitches and sales decks, training, education, sermons, coaching clients – and so much more.… Read more →

Boost Collaboration With The Top 6 Best Online Whiteboard Platforms

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When your team feels like they’re contributing and doing their jobs effectively, that’s when morale goes up and the numbers come in. If you’re a church leader or raising funds for a campaign, running a volunteer group or hosting a 1:1 coaching session, every business and organization runs on collaboration in order to be successful. These moving parts require alignment and working together through progress updates and information sharing. Thankfully, there’s a myriad of tools that help things move along and stoke inspiration too.

Online WhiteboardCollaboration tools make doing work go more smoothly. They’re designed to bridge the communication as well as the geographical gap. Spread out teams are instantly imported onto your screen via a wifi connection and video conferencing software with a collaboration tool like an online whiteboard.… Read more →

How Remote Work is Creating a Happier, Healthier Society

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In the not so distant past, going into the office everyday was just part of the job. While telecommuting was the norm for some fields (mostly IT), others are now just implementing the infrastructure to facilitate remote working capabilities. With adequate 2-way technology that comes with high quality audio and video, and other features that ensure smooth communication, many industries are following suit, like sales and admin, customer service, teaching and training, marketing, writing, creative services and more. Even hybrid solutions (flex time, remote and office hours, etc.) are cropping up in other fields. There’s a reason for this upward trend, and it’s showing signs of heightened productivity, focus and output – to name a few!

Video conferencingCities are growing larger and more spread out. So too are businesses with more clients, more employees and higher metrics to attain. With growth comes change, and not all change is bad, especially if it means sitting at home in your pajamas working on your laptop. Consider the abundant benefits that come along with telecommuting when you don’t have to battle traffic or even get dressed.… Read more →

Searching For The Best Collaborative Software? Here Are The Top 6

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The growth and health of your business depends on how you send and receive a message. The exchange of ideas can’t transpire without software that nurtures the back and forth, and overall progression of a project. Whether at the beginning of a venture, midway through a project or around the corner from celebrating a new client or accolade, the lines of communication need to be streamlined. Using software that gives you the convenience and ease of collaborating remotely makes doing your job easier, and gets you and your team the results you’re looking for.

Screen sharingHow? Remote desktop and screen-sharing software facilitates an easy, convenient and interactive way to touch base with participants from anywhere. This game changing software allows you to open your desktop and navigate in real-time in front of the eyes of other online participants. Remote screen sharing especially caters to tech demonstrations, videos, training, and so much more.… Read more →

To Download Or Not To Download? That Is The Question!

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It’s 2019, and let’s face it. We’re pretty used to everything being instant. If a new browser tab doesn’t open in 3 seconds, we’re double clicking, refreshing or opening up a new tab in the meantime. If we’re downloading an app on our smart phone, and the spinning wheel of death just doesn’t want to stop spinning, we’re already hitting the factory reset. If our emails aren’t coming through within moments, we’re automatically ransacking our settings, scouring our junk mail and cursing. Does this paint a picture of modern times or what? We’re used to technology unfolding at the speed of light. In fact, we expect it!

video conferenceFrom car rides to overseas delivery to “message sent”, the faster our stuff gets to and from us, the happier and more productive we can be. Enter video conferencing. How we previously managed to stay on top of tasks seems unfathomable! And how strained it must have been to keep in touch with remote employees overseas. Oh wait, that probably didn’t happen very much, and if it did, it was the cost of the flight and the accommodation that didn’t make it very appealing for the bosses to agree on.… Read more →